The Los Angeles Kings Justin Williams (14) and Marian Gaborik (12) celebrate the Kings second goal against the Edmonton Oilers during first period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

The Edmonton Oilers Jordan Eberle (14) and the Los Angeles Kings Slava Voynov (26) try to knock the puck out of the air in front of Kings goalie Martin Jones (31) during first period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers Jeff Petry (2) collides with battles the Los Angeles Kings Trevor Lewis (22) during second period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers goalie Viktor Fasth (35) makes a save against battles the Los Angeles Kings Dwight King (74) during second period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. The Oilers Sam Gagner (89) is also pictured. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers Sam Gagner (89) is helped off the ice by a trainer and Philip Larsen (36) during the second period of their game against the Los Angeles Kings at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

The Los Angeles Kings celebrate their second period goal against the Edmonton Oilers during NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers Philip Larsen (36) collides with the Los Angeles Kings Kyle Clifford (13) during second period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers Matt Hendricks (23) and the Los Angeles Kings Justin Williams (14) chase down a loose puck during third period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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The Edmonton Oilers goalie Viktor Fasth (35) stops a Los Angeles Kings shot during third period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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Los Angeles Kings goalie Martin Jones (31) makes a save against the Edmonton Oilers during second period NHL action at Rexall Place, in Edmonton Alta., on Thursday April 10, 2014. David Bloom/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

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It was as workmanlike a performance from an opponent as you’ll see at Rexall Place, which is fitting, considering the Los Angeles Kings are coached by Darryl Sutter.

On Thursday, the Kings strolled in to take on the Edmonton Oilers, scored on the first shift of the game and skated away with a 3-0 victory.

They outshot the Oilers 48-17 in the process.

“We wanted to have a good start and obviously scoring in the first minute helps,” said Kings centre Anze Kopitar, who started things off 27 seconds into the game. “After that, we were pressing pretty hard and had some pretty good offensive zone time and brought the game home pretty well, with no stress in the end and that’s what you want.”

Little stress probably had a lot to do with little effort from the Oilers, who can’t wait for this disappointing season to come to an end. They’ll finally be put of out their misery Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks.

Once the Kings scored, the Oilers lost interest and simply went through the motions.

“I’ve been in that position my first couple of years in L.A.,” Kopitar said. “We were pretty much in the same spot and if a team in playoff spot gets a couple on you pretty quick, you’re in a tough spot. Right now, we just want to sharpen our game for pretty much a week from now so we’re ready to go in the playoffs.”

The win meant little to the Kings, who will finish third in the Pacific Division standings and face the San Jose Sharks in the first round.

But it did demonstrate the gap between them and the Oilers, who are missing the playoffs for the eighth-consecutive year.

“After coming off a bad start (Wednesday) night (in Calgary) we talked about having to be ready to play from the start and we did,” said Kings winger Marian Gaborik, who scored a pair of goals. “We got up 1-0 quickly and that for sure helped us. I thought we controlled the game all 60 minutes.”

Gaborik did score a third, but his power play marker in the third period was waved off as Justin Williams was ruled to have interfered with Oilers goaltender Viktor Fasth. It was the only thing that went right for the Oilers all game.

“It would have been nice to get that one, but I didn’t see the replay,” Gaborik said. “It is what it is, the most important thing is that we got the win. We played a good game and we got a good road win.”